I just found out that round-trip flights to Manila in April are around 2500 RMB. That's just under $400. This is maddeningly tempting. The problem is, I will want to take some of my vacation days to go there if I decide to go there. I have three days off work at the beginning of April and three days off at the end of April (apart from my ( Read more... )

Hmm, let's start with the good news. The good news is that Cinnamon and I may not have to move after all. The landlord called her yesterday and said that he had another mechanic come in and look at things, and from what this mechanic can tell, whatever it was that was causing the power to go out each time was something that someone was doing, ( Read more... )

Still so sick. Coughing almost constantly. Ugh. I took Monday off work, then already had Tuesday and Wednesday off, since those are my normal days off, but I also had to take today off cos I still wasn't better. I went to the doctor today to see if I could get some stronger medicine... and she said I have bronchitis, and that she'd give me an ( Read more... )

I've been living in China for a whole month now! Craziness ( Read more... )

I'm in Shanghai!!! Everything went pretty smoothly. The two worst things of the whole trip were a) the in-flight internet I paid for didn't end up working, and b) I couldn't easily call or email my parents or Rudy right away after arriving ( Read more... )

Feeling horrible right now. My allergies are making me miserable. I have tons of sinus pressure, runny nose, and overall just crappiness going on. It's especially fun that I've already taken Benadryl, and the only effect of it I am feeling right now is drowsiness. No allergies clearing up. WTF ( Read more... )

I just went through the trouble of getting a couple of new (to me) pairs of jeans hemmed for once, since it's so frustrating to always have my pants be too long for me. Being 5'2" is not conducive to finding pairs of jeans that fit, length-wise ( Read more... )

Stayed up late tonight to finish Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick - good book, and I'm glad I've had the time again to read for pleasure ( Read more... )

Ugh, my allergies are SO frustrating. I constantly have to choose between either being miserable with my nose being constantly runny/irritated/sneezing, or being very sleepy due to having to take Benadryl ( Read more... )

God, what an awful day subbing ( Read more... )